Joyce Stewart

Joyce Stewart MBE (born July 25, 1936 in West Grimstead near Salisbury , England, † January 7, 2011 ) was a British botanist. Her research focus was the orchids of East Africa and South Africa . Your botanical author abbreviation is " J.Stewart ".

Life

Joyce Stewart was born Joyce Tucker in West Grimstead. From 1954 to 1957 she studied at the University of Reading , from which she graduated with a bachelor 's degree. She completed her studies at King's College London from 1957 to 1958 with a master’s degree. Between 1958 and 1960 she taught in Switzerland. From 1963 to 1964 she was a field officer in the Department of Veterinary Services in Kenya . From 1965 to 1966 she worked as a research officer at the East African Herbarium in Nairobi . In March 1971 she moved to South Africa with her husband, where she joined the Natal Parks Department. In 1973 she became an employee in the botany department of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg , where she received her teaching diploma in 1974. In 1975 she was appointed university lecturer.

Joyce Stewart wrote over 100 scientific and popular science articles on orchids, especially the taxa from Kenya and KwaZulu-Natal and tissue cultures of orchids.

Awards

For her services to horticultural science and botanical education, she was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2003 .

Works (selection)

• 1970: Orchids of Tropical Africa . ISBN 978-0-498-07555-1
• 1980: The Medical Mycology Handbook . ISBN 978-0-471-04728-5
• 1981: Orchids of Africa: A Select Review . ISBN 978-0-395-31771-6
• 1981: Proceedings of the 10th World Orchid Conference: September 11-17, 1981, Durban, South Africa . ISBN 978-0-620-05905-3
• 1982: Wild Orchids of Southern Africa . ISBN 978-0-86954-070-1
• 1988: Orchids: Kew Gardening Guide . ISBN 978-0-88192-132-8 (German: Orchideen. 1994. Translation: Stephan Schneckenburger)
• 1990: Dendrobiums: An Introduction to the Species in Cultivation . ISBN 978-1-873035-00-9
• 1992: The Conservation of European Orchids . ISBN 978-92-871-2010-6
• 1993: Thesaurus Woolwardiae: Orchids of the Marquis of Lothian . ISBN 978-0-915279-18-0
• 1993: The Orchid Paintings of Franz Bauer . ISBN 978-1-871569-58-2
• 1995: Manual of Orchids . ISBN 978-0-88192-334-6
• 1996: Orchids of Kenya . ISBN 978-0-88192-357-5
• 2006: Angraecoid orchids: species from the African region . ISBN 978-0-88192-788-7

literature

• Mary Gunn, Leslie Edward Wostall Codd: Botanical exploration of Southern Africa: an illustrated history of early botanical literature on the Cape flora: biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in Southern Africa from the days of the East India Company until modern times . CRC Press, 1981. ISBN 978-0-86961-129-6

Web links

• Author entry and list of described plant names for Joyce Stewart at the IPNI
• World Orchid Conference Trust obituary